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Description:: Albert Smith, Jerry Ramlow, and Barney Bernard with equipment confiscated from a police raid on the residence at 1019 North Doheny Road on the night of January 4, 1938. The house was apparently operating as a casino for two weeks before tuxedo-clad policemen infiltrated the party and confiscated gambling equipment, $1755 in cash, and arrested seven men. Almost a hundred others, including high profile film actors and producers, were found at the residence.
Date:: January 1938
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A photograph of the same event appears with the title, “Sucker List Files Seized,” Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 1936: 3
Date:: March 28, 1936
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection
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Description:: Alfred Freitas pictured by a telephone during the grand jury trial on gambling operations in Los Angeles County. Freitas was summoned as a witness and he testified that he only served food and liquor at his cafe.
Date:: 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: This photograph appears with the article, “Card Game Leads to Cells,” Los Angeles Times, 11 Jul. 1935: A2.
Date:: July 10, 1935
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Times Photographic Collection

Description:: William (Bob) Coyne, "self-styled" gambling and vice crusader. In February 1940, Coyne gave a speech accusing members of the Sheriff's department of having interest in the city's gambling scene. This came after the Sheriff's department passed an ordinance to regulate pinball and marble games in unincorporated territory.
Date:: [1940]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A card game being played in a casino. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
Date:: [circa January 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A card game being played in a casino. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
Date:: [circa January 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: A card game being played in a casino. Hawthorne, Compton, Monterey Park, and Long Beach closed several gaming places after Attorney General Webb found games of chance unlawful.
Date:: [circa January 1937]
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Casino on Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

Description:: Casino on Tony Cornero’s newly refurbished gambling ship, the Bunker Hill (also known as the Lux), which was meant to operate offshore of Los Angeles. After the Bunker Hill’s opening night, however, Cornero and five of his aides were arrested on felony charges of criminal conspiracy to conduct gambling games and serve alcohol without a license. After his arrest, Cornero announced that he was ready to go to the United States Supreme court to keep the Bunker Hill running. Cornero was also “admiral” of the Rex, another gambling vessel which was forced to suspend operations in 1938.
Date:: August 9, 1946
Resource Type:: still image
Collection:: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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